Azmin Ali is PKR deputy president, Nurul Izzah is veep

PETALING JAYA: Azmin Ali has been elected as deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) while the eldest daughter of party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Nurul Izzah Anwar, was elected as one of the four vice-presidents after receiving the highest number of votes.

The results were announced by PKR permanent chairman Hishamuddin Ismail at the 7th Annual Congress of the party, here yesterday.

Azmin defeated Mustaffa Kamil Ayub by polling 19,543 votes.

However, the number of votes obtained by Mustaffa Kamil was not announced.

For the vice-presidency, Nurul Izzah polled 13,211 votes to occupy the top slot for the post.

The three other posts of vice-president were won by PKR Strategic Director Tian Chua (11,744), PKR Election Director Fuziah Salleh (8,927) and Penang Deputy Chief Minister, who was also the former political secretary to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Mansor Othman (8,576).